When you have strong views about how to approach thinking about the law, then that view is going to lead to certain results in certain situations. And so people seem to think this predictability is based on some kind of partisan political view. But it's not.

Don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.

I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.

I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of view.

I got a label because I was Hispanic and a woman and [therefore] I had to be liberal.